Are You Ready If Your Marketing Efforts Go Viral? – June 20th, 2010
The marketing department is always shooting to get their materials to go viral. The sales department hopes the marketing pieces go viral and the phones start ringing off the hook. Are you ready if it really happens?
Imagine what is about to happen to your office if a video, advertisement, or even a press release goes viral and spreads like wildfire. Suddenly your phones will be ringing faster than you can answer th
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The Challenge of Marketing a Service – June 10th, 2010
Marketing a service can prove to be more difficult than marketing a product. This is because you are trying to sell something that cannot be seen. It is something that is in fact, invisible.
One of the most important factors in selling a service is the customer experience. This has the biggest impact on the customer’s purchasing decision.
The reputation of a service is built on a single person. The sales person o
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What Is Viral Marketing? – May 19th, 2010
There’s a good chance that marketing people – and perhaps more than a few “civilians” – have heard of the term. There’s even the likelihood that they have some vague inkling of what it actually means, of what defines it. Still, more and more people are starting to understand the concept of “viral” media. Most of the world also has a good grasp of marketing and the role it fulfills within a business
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Seven Common Mistakes in Marketing – April 11th, 2010
In the fast-paced world of business, consumers are bombarded with thousands of ads every day. Can you even recall a certain brand that caught your attention and stuck in your long term memory so you could take action? Most consumers have a short term memory concerning ads. However, if the ad is effectively executed it will penetrate the mental filter.
Here are the top reasons why business campaigns fail and how to
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